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FACIT and T-CAIREM at the University of Toronto partner to commercialize medical AI
TORONTO, Aug. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ – Together with the University of Toronto’s Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM), FACIT announced a new partnership to commercialize artificial intelligence (AI) innovations. The partners intend to harness both T-CAIREM’s innovative translational research in
Drexel Announces First Cohort of Innovation Fund Investments
Drexel University has selected the first Drexel-affiliated startups to receive support from its Innovation Fund. GrowFlux, an agricultural lighting technology startup, and SusMax, which produces lightweight aggregate construction material, will each receive $150,000 investments from the Fund, which was established in January. “Drexel is
State approves additional $5M for MSU-backed Michigan Rise pre-seed fund
An early-stage investment fund the Michigan State University Research Foundation administers received another $5 million in state capital that will go to support high-tech startup companies. The funding that the Michigan Strategic Fund board approved this morning adds to past
Why Startup-Corporate Partnerships Can Result In Mutual Success
There’s little doubt that startups around the globe come up with key innovations that drive the economy. However, many startups struggle with fundraising, hiring the right people, gaining new customers and entering new markets. On the corporate side, firms face
JAMA Health Forum Analysis: NIH dwarfed by industry on clinical trial spending
In a study published July 14 in JAMA Health Forum, researchers from Bentley University’s Center for Integration of Science and Industry calculated that the NIH spent $8.1 billion on phased clinical trials of drugs approved between 2010 and 2019—about 10% of what
XLerateHealth Selects 8 Healthcare Startups for 2023 Accelerator Cohort
XLerateHealth (XLH), a healthcare accelerator headquartered in Louisville, KY, with a second location in Flint, MI, selected eight startup companies to participate in the 2023 flagship accelerator program. The 2023 Cohort, which kicksed off Thursday July 13th, and will culminate with
GAP Resource: Women-led venture capital funds
Please follow link for a great listing of women-led VC Funds from the Venture Capital Journal Full story: Women-led venture capital funds
Biden-Harris Administration Launches Historic $20 Billion in Grant Competitions to Create National Clean Financing Network as Part of Investing in America Agenda | US EPA
WASHINGTON (July 14, 2023) – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched two Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) for $20 billion across two grant competitions under the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, an Inflation Reduction Act program central
NSF program partnership enables OSU researchers to market their technology | Oklahoma State University
Research at Oklahoma State University might begin as papers and lab reports, but it is often turned into real world, impactful technologies. However, researchers cannot do that alone. That is where OSU’s Cowboy Technologies and the National Science Foundation’s Innovation
In first decade, Dean for Research Innovation Funds spur discoveries, collaborations and research investments
A decade ago, Princeton established a pioneering program to catalyze bold new directions in research and scholarship. A set of funding opportunities, supported by the University and led by Princeton’s incoming dean for research, Pablo G. Debenedetti, would enable exploratory projects